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HANSARDImmigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, for his Select Committee’s report and for highlighting some of the questions that the statutory instruments raise. I also…14 Oct 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his analysis. It is a pleasure to congratulate him on his appointment and welcome him to the Government Front Bench. I have greatly enjoyed…08 Oct 2024HANSARDConstruction Sector: Cash RetentionsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her replies so far. On her last answer, what proportion of businesses and organisations will be small or will represent small contractors and…10 Sept 2024HANSARDBudget Responsibility BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his exposition of the Bill. I declare a special interest, having worked on and published a number of independent analyses of the…09 Sept 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT ExemptionMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, and I congratulate him on tabling this Motion for us to debate. I am very concerned about the impact it will have on…05 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, on his maiden speech, and the noble Lords, Lord Booth and Lord Warner, on their speeches. I welcome the noble and…23 Jul 2024HANSARDManagement of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024My Lords, I rise briefly to say that I welcome these regulations very much. I am very glad that the department is taking its responsibilities to hedgerows seriously, but I think…20 May 2024HANSARDRenters (Reform) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, and I thank my noble friend the Minister for her helpful introduction to take us through the Bill. Before…15 May 2024HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the statutory order. I support the addition of the Terrorgram collective to follow the recent addition of Hizb ut-Tahrir to the…25 Apr 2024HANSARDStroke TreatmentMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that it might be worth looking further into post-stroke care, following what the noble Lord on the Cross Benches said? I have visited…27 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill25 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I support and move this amendment for my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough, who is absent attending the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s 148th assembly in Geneva. He…25 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank my noble friend the Minister for his very thoughtful reply. I should like to reflect, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Jackson, on the very important points that he makes…25 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Moylan for introducing this Bill for a foetal sentience committee to review understanding of foetal sentience and to inform policy.…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]May I ask the noble Baroness what precisely this has to do with a Bill proposing a committee of research and analysis?22 Mar 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and the committee for holding the inquiry. I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and the committee for getting…19 Mar 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, and to hear his analysis and comments on NICs. I have a long interest in the contributory system and how it…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I oppose this group of amendments on two grounds. I too want to promote the best interests of the child, but it is not in the interests of the child to be sent on…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I would like to echo the request to my noble and learned friend for greater transparency and clarity on this very important question of whether the Bill is compatible…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMay I clarify that my amendment is designed to promote the aims of the Bill to remove people who come to this country illegally to Rwanda and stop obstructions on that matter?04 Mar 2024